AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 1/13/2005 02:19:00 PM ----- BODY: so, due to the snow/ice we had last nite and the fact that i'm pretty much caught up at work, i decided to take today as my "work from home" day. which of course means that i didn't do much work today. (to be fair, it's only 2:30, so i still have 2.5 hours to do some work. not that i will. just saying. *wink*) however, i did spend time surfing the internet. (or innernet, as doxie calls it) and what did i find? well let me backtrack a bit. see i live in the greater seattle area. and after october where i went to 4 concerts, i've been looking to see what acts are coming to my neck of the woods. turns out that CHER is coming to town in two weeks. (ok, ok. she is NOT an act from the 80's. but i am still SOOOOOO going to the concert! especially, and i probably shouldn't admit this part, since the VILLAGE PEOPLE are opening for her!) right about the time i saw that cher was coming, i also noticed that a group that was HUGE in the 80's was coming my way. according to their website, they would be playing in portland, oregon (about 3 hours from me) and in vancouver, bc (also about 3 hours from me). however. the "seattle" show? first off, it's not in seattle. that's fine. the town/arena it IS in? lots closer to me. HOWEVER. this venue sells their own tickets. so when the tickets went on sale at ticketmaster a few weeks ago, tickets to this venue were NOT available. so i did what anyone would do and i called the venue to ask why tickets were not available and why their website didn't even LIST that this wonderful band was PLAYING there. their response? "well, we can't control what "mega band" puts on their website. at this time we have no confirmation that they will be playing a show here". WTF??? how can a town and venue be listed on the band's website and the venue NOT know that the band will be playing there? needless to say i was confused and PISSED beyond belief. fine. my friends and i decided to wait it out and see if tickets to the closer venue went on sale. today? this is what i found.... tickets to DURAN DURAN go on sale saturday 1/15 at 10am. WOO HOO! now, i have LOVED LOVED LOVED duran duran since i was in the 7th grade people. but i was not allowed to go to concerts while i was in high school and therefore was never able to worship at the altar of john taylor when the group was on tour before. but now? there is NO WAY in hell that i am going to miss it! even if i couldn't find someone to go with me? i TOTALLY would have gone alone. (no worries though. one of my oldest friends from 7th grade ALSO didn't ever get to see them back in the day, so she and i are going together!!) so imagine the happy dance i did when i saw that tickets were FINALLY going on sale for this show! yes i know. most of you could care less. i however? am totally stoked! it's been a good day. here's what i've accomplished while i was supposed to be working from home:
  1. found out when tickets to the aforementioned Duran Duran (or Duran squared, as we used to call them) went on sale.
  2. found out that my friend wanted to go see them with me
  3. filed my tax return (gotta love telefile! i even get money back!!)
  4. talked to my boss like 5 times about drama at the office
  5. wrote this post
  6. watched a show on the travel channel about vegas

and the best part? i GET PAID for it!

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